19-year-old charged with robbing food deliveryman in Buffalo

A 19-year-old was charged Monday morning with robbing a food deliveryman on Best Street, Buffalo police said.

Robert Austin of Buffalo faces charges of first-degree robbery and first- and second-degree criminal possession of a weapon. The deliveryman for Skip the Dishes was robbed at gunpoint at about 1:50 a.m. on the 400 block of Best, police said.

Food and cash were taken in the robbery and Austin was apprehended a short time later, police said.